“It was my daughter who got me into astronomy,” the 36-year-old father-of-two from Melbourne told the Daily Mail. “She came home from school with a project and asked if we could find aliens, so we went along to a local astronomy club.

“So much of our sky is disappearing due to excessive light pollution. Most people in developed countries wouldn’t see anything like this when they look up.”

“In Australia we’re fortunate in that we don’t have to go far to get away from the city lights, and I hope my pictures will help other people realize what’s really out there. For this, I went out whenever there was a new moon and good weather — six nights over the course of 18 months.

An amazing photo taken from the southern tip of Australia shows a meteorite near the Milky Way.

“I set my camera up to take a sequence of pictures, with each exposure of 30 seconds. I took around 1,000 pictures a night, and then I put them together to demonstrate how the sky moves in relation to our position on Earth.”

Absolutely stunning digital photographs. The water and land shots look so surreal and the star trails and nebulas are amazing. We usually do have clear night skies here in Bobcaygeon, Ontario and can easily see bright shiny stars everywhere. Our night sky view (obviously) doesn't look anything like these photos though. The fifth photograph is literally out of this world.

~~Hello...we do have a night sky...just go to northern Ontario where there is little light polution...it is just as spectacular...hoping your readers are more informed than thinking that this is only in Australia...go anywhere where there are not people and light and you will see just how spectacular our night sky is..."not something we see up here in Canada"....are you for real ? Our night sky is every bit as stunning....too bad city dwellers are so daft....

Last time I saw a sky like this was during the blackout in 2003. The Milky Way was in clear view - many people around me thought it was a storm; this made me realize how disconnected we become inside the cities.

We have this gorgeous sky in Canada but it just depends where you are. You will never see it in a city of course but some night just take a drive out into the country and look up, look way up. Further north in Canada you can see the Northern Lights which are totally awesome also.

These are gorgeous pictures but there are gorgeous skys the world over.